Lack of Internet access is evident in the pandemic and inequality increases

The pandemic has aggravated inequality in Internet access in Brazil, which can socially scar children and young people: with the digital divide and the disparity in access to education, the risk increases that children will not be able to have an income higher than their parents’ when these children reach adulthood. The alert comes from the Institute for Mobility and Social Development (IMDS), recently created by economists Arminio Fraga, former president of the Central Bank, and Paulo Tafner.

In 2021: Only income of the richest strata will grow in 2021, widening the inequality gap.

A school year out of school will affect families that are most vulnerable in a much more important way, in homes where young people pile up in the kitchen with the rest of the family to try to learn by sharing a cell phone.